Joseph Rowntree School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 13 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
York
Unique reference
121711
Address
Haxby Road, New Earswick, YO32 4BZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1283 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
48.7%
Girls
51.3%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
17.3%
Persistent absence
23.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
9.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 87.6%
Other White 3.7%
Mixed 2.5%
Unclassified 1.5%
Other 1.2%
Other Asian 0.9%
African 0.8%
Indian 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Chinese 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 50%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.3
Local authority average 49.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.18
Local authority average 4.38
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award9
Music Studies (General)Technical Award10
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award14
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award1
Health StudiesTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award12
TourismTechnical Award8
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE10
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE14
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Joseph Rowntree School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
206
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
183
2nd preference
116
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
10
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
183
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes20.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
215
100
115
Year 8
213
102
111
Year 9
222
113
109
Year 10
230
116
114
Year 11
230
122
108
Year 12
86
36
50
Year 13
87
36
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.3%
86.5%
Further education
38.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
45.0%
43.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
7.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
3.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.4%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
76.0%
52.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
19.4%
19.7%
Russell Group
25.0%
16.7%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.1%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
4.9%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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